In his will Hamerish Pickering expresses his disappointment about his daughters. Being a self made man, he had high hopes of his daughters marrying a title. But instead they all married a common fellow. Now he wants to set things straight. His fortune will go to the first Pickering girl in 3 generations to marry a duke... If not... smugglers of wiskey will gain everything...
Now we meet the 3t generation: Phoebe, Deidre and Sophie and their stephmom entering society to find a duke and get a hold of the money.
Sophie and Graham enjoy each others company. He makes her feel less akward, not making her breaking things whenever he adresses her. And she brightens up his rakish life.
Until one day everything changes... Gray gets notices his father and 3 older brothers are killed by an elephant... Now he gains what he never anticipated: the dukedom of Edencourt. But the estate is in ruin and Graham needs money and he needs it fast. So a marriage to a wealty heiress seems the only way out. When he informs Sophie she realises her feelings for Gray are more intense than she thought. To think she has a fortune waiting for her, only it's lost when she informs Gray of it. But she isn't one to stand by and watch everything get lost. So she turns to Lementeur to transform her from plain, tall Sophie to the intriguing Sofia.
This one is the best out of 3. I adored Gray and I just loved Sophie.
The way she speaks her mind to him, the way he seeks her out whenever he needs someone to talk to.
How he has to become a responsible duke unexpected and leave his playful, rakish life behind when he sees the state of his inheritance...
He has no option but marry for money, not for his own sake, but for the tenants on his property that have been starving under his fathers reign.
In the end there is a twist that left me behind a bit disorientated. The ending seems a bit rushed and I would have loved to see Gray fighting for his heroine without first trying to secure her fortune. The way they did that felt strange, unannonced.
But overall a great read!
With all 3 books read I can definitely say this trilogy is no waste space. Don't expect too much, but a nice fun read on a lazy sunday afternoon.
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